Navarrette: Senators, Do Your Job

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U. S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, faced heated questioning Monday from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] A Republican-led subcommittee has spent over a year probing the nation’s response to the pandemic and whether U.

Donald Trump is the first ex-President to be convicted of crimes, and now he’ll be the first who has to negotiate the reality of being a felon in the U. S. The guilty verdict will likely result in new restrictions on Trump’s rights and privileges, potentially impacting his ability to vote, own firearms, and travel to other countries. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: Donald Trump Convicted in Historic New York Hush-Money Trial “This is long from over,” Trump declared on May 30 moments after a Manhattan jury convicted him on 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal.

Beverly LaHaye died quietly in April at the age of 96. She always said she hated the spotlight. And yet, in the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the most visible and politically powerful women in the U. S. Like antifeminist activist Phyllis Schlafly — her sometime ally and rival — LaHaye was an architect of the modern Christian conservative movement.

LONDON — Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage stepped back into front-line British politics on Monday, announcing he will take the helm of the right-wing party Reform U. K. and run for Parliament in the July 4 election. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Farage said he’ll run in the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea in his eighth attempt to win a seat in the House of Commons.

Cancer isn’t just emotionally and physically taxing: It can take a steep financial toll on patients, caregivers, and families. In fact, two years after a diagnosis, adults with cancer are 71% more likely to experience financial problems than those without a cancer diagnosis, according to January 2022 research in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In early May, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the podium at a political rally in Madhya Pradesh and launched an attack on the opposition party while campaigning in this year’s election, where a seven-phase voting period concluded on June 1. Observing that India was at a turning point in history, Modi told voters they would have to choose carefully between “Vote Jihad” —a term repeatedly used by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its supporters to describe votes from Muslims—and “Ram Rajya,” which translates to “governance under Ram,” referring to the Hindu deity. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The term “Vote Jihad” first entered the Indian public sphere after a local opposition politician, Maria Alam, used it while campaigning in the state of Uttar Pradesh a month earlier, where she asked the minority community to “Vote Jihad” to defeat the BJP.